Re: [arch-general] Zombie Processes

2014-08-27 Thread Jan Alexander Steffens
On Aug 27, 2014 4:57 PM, "toerb" wrote: > > > > >Are you saying that is wrong and the only thing being taken up is just > >a tiny bundle of data? > > Exactly. It does consume a PID, which can, depending on the environment, be a very limited resource.

Re: [arch-general] Zombie Processes

2014-08-27 Thread Andy Pieters
Kevin Ott wrote: > It doesn't make sense that zombie processes would take up anything more than > a few bits (possibly a bit more) somewhere if you understand what exactly > they are. Zombie processes are just processes that have finished doing > everything they need to do. The only reason t

Re: [arch-general] Zombie Processes

2014-08-27 Thread Kevin Ott
On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 02:48:55 PM Andy Pieters wrote: > > On 27 August 2014 02:03, Jan Alexander Steffens > wrote: > > > > No, since a zombie process is dead and cannot execute any code. > > >To expand more on that: zombie process in not really a process > >anymore. In fact, it's not an

Re: [arch-general] Zombie Processes

2014-08-27 Thread toerb
>Are you saying that is wrong and the only thing being taken up is just >a tiny bundle of data? Exactly.

Re: [arch-general] Zombie Processes

2014-08-27 Thread Andy Pieters
On 27 August 2014 02:03, Jan Alexander Steffens wrote: > > No, since a zombie process is dead and cannot execute any code. >To expand more on that: zombie process in not really a process >anymore. In fact, it's not anything more than a little bundle of data >(basically just an integer containin

Re: [arch-general] Zombie Processes

2014-08-27 Thread Lukas Jirkovsky
On 27 August 2014 02:03, Jan Alexander Steffens wrote: > > No, since a zombie process is dead and cannot execute any code. To expand more on that: zombie process in not really a process anymore. In fact, it's not anything more than a little bundle of data (basically just an integer containing the

Re: [arch-general] [Bulk] Re: File conflict between cuda and pacparser

2014-08-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2014-08-27 at 15:24 +0530, phanisvar das wrote: > On 08/27/2014 02:53 PM, Temlin Olivér wrote: > > It's a policy to keep users from learning bad things. You should never > > suggest --force or a package from AUR unless you attach a big fat warning, > > otherwise it would mean to encourage t

Re: [arch-general] File conflict between cuda and pacparser

2014-08-27 Thread phanisvar das
On 08/27/2014 02:53 PM, Temlin Olivér wrote: It's a policy to keep users from learning bad things. You should never suggest --force or a package from AUR unless you attach a big fat warning, otherwise it would mean to encourage them to do it in other (seemingly indifferent) cases, eg. updating fi

Re: [arch-general] File conflict between cuda and pacparser

2014-08-27 Thread Temlin Olivér
$ sudo pacman --force -S pacparser cuda >>> >>> That was a horrible thing to do, and an even worse thing to recommend here. > > What exactly is horrible? The OP needs the software and the conflict is > just a man page. IMO it's a valid workaround, exactly what the --force > option should be us